Music

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The Music Curriculum

Through our music curriculum we aim to engage and inspire children to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, increasing their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. Children develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose and to listen to a range of music from across the ages.

Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Music

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Key Stage 1 Music

Use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes;.

Play tuned and untuned instruments musically;.

Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of live and recorded music;.

Experiment with, create, select and combine sounds to make music of their own.

Key Stage 2 Music

Play and perform individually and in groups, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression;

Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes;

Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory;

Use and understand musical notation;

Appreciate and understand a wide variety of live and recorded music from different traditions, composers and musicians;

Develop an understanding of the history of music.

Within our creative curriculum we provide opportunities to enhance music provision further through theme-based sessions. Our music curriculum is enriched by visits from the Coventry Performing Arts Service and other specialist musicians and through links with our local Secondary Schools. Children are given the chance to participate and perform in a variety of events, such as the Morning of Music and the Big Sing. We also have a choir and a band, which give children a further chance to develop their musical talents and abilities, whilst nurturing a lifelong love of music.